 | Geoffrey Chaucer - 1856 - Počet stránok 134
...gain ; Teach him that state?, of native strength possest, Though very poor, may still be very blest ; That trade's proud empire hastes to swift decay, As ocean sweeps the labored mole away ; While self-dependent power can time defy, As rocks resist the billows and the sky.... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1856 - Počet stránok 448
...rage of gain ; Teach him that states, of native strength p Though very poor, may still be very blest ; That trade's proud empire hastes to swift decay. As ocean sweeps the labour" d mole away; While self-dependant power can time defy, As rocks resist the billows and the... | |
 | Sir John Francis Davis - 1857 - Počet stránok 506
...be dictated by a sentiment analogous to that which is conveyed in four of Goldsmith's lines : — " That trade's proud empire hastes to swift decay, As...sweeps the labour'd mole away ; While self-dependent states can time defy, As rocks resist the billows and the sky." The principal public festivals of China... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1858 - Počet stránok 336
...Teach him that states, of native strength possess'd, Though very poor, may still be very bless'd ; That trade's proud empire hastes to swift decay, As ocean sweeps the labour'd mole away ; While self-dependant power can time defy, As rocks resist the billows and the sky. RETALIATION. FIRST PRINTED... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1859 - Počet stránok 200
...Teach him that states, of native strength possess' d, Though very poor, may still be very bless'd; That trade's proud empire hastes to swift decay, As ocean sweeps the labour' d mole away — While self-dependent power can time defy, As rocks resist the billows and the... | |
 | John Daniel Morell - 1860 - Počet stránok 274
...425 Teach him] that states, of native strength possest, Though very poor, may still be very blest ; | That Trade's proud empire hastes to swift decay, |...away ; | While self-dependent power can time defy, | 430 As rocks resist the billows and the sky. | 428. The image would be clearer, if this perish as... | |
 | James Boswell - 1860 - Počet stránok 950
...the lines which he furnished to Goldsmith's "Deserted Village," which are only the last four : — " That trade's proud empire hastes to swift decay* As...labour'd mole away : While self-dependent power can time dcly, As rocks resist the billows and the sky." Talking of education, " People have now-adays," said... | |
 | True Worthy Hoit - 1860 - Počet stránok 52
...element of illuminating soul, or they will fall, a lifeless mass, into chaotic ruin. Let us remember "That trade's proud empire hastes to swift decay, As ocean sweeps the labored mole away ; Whilst self-dependent power can time defy, As rocks resist the billows and the... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1861 - Počet stránok 570
...gain ; Teach him, that states of native strength posses t, Though very poor, may still be very blest ; That trade's proud empire hastes to swift decay, As ocean sweeps the labor'd mole away ; While self-dependent power can time defy, As rocks resist the billows and the say.... | |
 | Richard Green Parker, James Madison Watson - 1863 - Počet stránok 614
...Teach him, that States, of native strength possess' d, Though very poor, may still be very blcss'd ; That trade's proud empire hastes to swift decay, As ocean sweeps the labor'd mole away ; While self-dependent power can time defy, As rocks resist the billows and the sky.... | |
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Redress the rigours of the inclement clime ; Aid slighted truth with thy persuasive strain ; Teach erring man to spurn the rage of gain : Teach him, that states of native strength... 
